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The situation that worries me the most is going into dense fog (all of a sudden) and slowing way down so maybe you can see what's in front in time, but not so much that the guy behind does not hit you. If the traffic stops in this situation I'm going to park as far off the shoulder as I can get...
Dessert areas can also get zero visibility dust storms - lights off, foot off the brake so they don't follow your lights.bsinmich wrote:
I will always slow up in construction zones and watch close for workers. My daughter drives an asphalt roller in those sometimes. A fellow worker of hers was killed on the job a few years back.
While this was not a construction zone, I am always surprised by the number of drivers that either don't start slowing down or actually speed up approaching flashing lights, be they amber for construction or Blue and red emergency equipment in the road.
The rule in many states is give them a lane, or slow WAY DOWN. Giving the lane is not that hard if are looking well down the road like you should.
Without the whole story, or investigation results, based only on the pictures, the Motor home drive chose poorly to drive between the the sign truck and police car, "Common Since" would say to go outside of both emergency vehicles.minnow wrote:
IF this is the same guy (and it sure looks like him), then this crash hasn't seemed to slow down his social life.
Lovin Life
And I read the articles about this incident. This was not an accident. It could of been prevented.
My condolences to the officers family. Today, they got s**t on again.
Yep, that nasty ole probation is a B****.
:R- I will always slow up in construction zones and watch close for workers. My daughter drives an asphalt roller in those sometimes. A fellow worker of hers was killed on the job a few years back.
jwmII wrote:
Court room experience is not needed here. The aroma of responses like yours and the 30 year guy speak for themselves.
Fair enough, you are an expert on criminal proceedings even though you refuse to provide any statement about your qualifications. Who needs any facts on the internet, right?
The aroma of response... very nice. Enjoy your ignorance, I understand it can be rather blissful.- Another of these irresponsible kids from the "me generation"!
spoon059 wrote:
jwmII wrote:
More Baloney. It was pled down because the prosecutor did not have adequate evidence to take a higher charge to trial. " One doesn't have to be present to to know what took place based on my 30 years as a cop". There's that police mentality again. Everybody is guilty of the worst.
Just curious about your experience inside a criminal court. We know he has 30 years experience, I have 13+ years experience. In probably close to 100% of my cases, the prosecutor will offer some type of plea deal to a defendant to avoid a trial. Trials can be long, they can be expensive. Sending a trial out to a jury is always "iffy".
The prosecutor worked out a plea deal for reckless homicide, a class D felony in Tennessee. A class D felony is punishable by a maximum of 2-12 years of jail time. This wasn't some chicken scratch charge to which the drive pled guilty... this was a serious charge with a lengthy jail term.
We don't know any caps on sentencing that were agreed to by the prosecutor and defense, but ultimately the judge is the one who decides the level of punishment. The judge could have sentenced this guy to 12 years in jail, which I think most of us agree would have been excessive.
Any "police mentality" on display here is simply knowledge of how the system works. No need to be insulting towards him about what he wrote. I'd guess he has more experience than me and you combined in a court room.
But please... do tell about all your courtroom experience and why you feel you have the right to disparage him for speaking about HIS experiences...
Court room experience is not needed here. The aroma of responses like yours and the 30 year guy speak for themselves.- IF this is the same guy (and it sure looks like him), then this crash hasn't seemed to slow down his social life.
Lovin Life
And I read the articles about this incident. This was not an accident. It could of been prevented.
My condolences to the officers family. Today, they got s**t on again. Johno02 wrote:
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Has anyone else ever noticed that in driving south from Louisville on I-65, Average traffic speed is just a bit over the limit. However, approaching Nashville, just as traffic starts to pick up, the driving speed increases at least 10 MPH, and sometimes a lot more. As you get a bit further in, and traffic increases even more, speeds run 10-15 MPH above the speed limits. Then, about the time you get to the I-24 intersection, speed drops almost to a stop. And there has been construction in that area for at least 40 years. And, there is a very narrow railroad overpass, where the lanes are very narrow, and no space on either side. It's a rule there that when the traffic gets worse, go faster to get out of it quicker! And most of us got our drivers license by mail from Sears-Roebuck.
It not just I-65 over that stretch of road you've indicated, I think it's everywhere! When driving open road, traffic runs about 5 mph over the speed limit on the interstate, very few pass, and you pass very few. (at least in my neck of the woods). But when getting closer to suburbia, traffic gets heavier, and speed increases even faster!
I've seen this in cities also. When traffic is thinned out, (take 116th street or 146th in Fishers-Carmel, Indiana), and traffic is prety much the speed limit. Let rush hour hit, and everyone runs MUCH MUCH faster than the posted speed limit as if that speeding will get them to next stop light faster!
It IS an interesting phenomena!azdryheat wrote:
He plead guilty to Vehicular Homicide .
That is not a true statement as the article quoted "reckless homicide" there is a difference.
